TWO men, Levon Lynch and Roy Chan, both 39, were arrested with 1114 grams of narcotics at about 04:05 hours on Wednesday morning after police in Regional Division One intercepted a vehicle at a roadblock in the vicinity of Falls Top Village, North West District (NWD).

According to police, an assistant superintendent along with a detective inspector, a detective sergeant and three other ranks were on patrol duty in the vicinity of Falls Top Village, North West District, early Wednesday when they conducted a ‘Road Block Exercise’ and intercepted a Black Toyota Fielder Wagon bearing registration PYY-7254.

Police said: “The passenger in the front seat was observed throwing a bulky black parcel out of the vehicle. As a result, one of the police ranks picked up the parcel in the presence of the other police ranks as well as the driver and passenger of the intercepted vehicle.”

The police then asked the passenger, Lynch of Citrus Grove, Port Kaituma, why he threw the package out of the vehicle, and he remained silent.
A search was conducted on the Lynch and a .32 Taurus Pistol with one magazine containing six rounds of.32 ammunition and a copied licence for the said firearm were found.

Police opened the parcel, which contained a quantity of leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be cannabis.

Lynch and the vehicle’s driver, Roy Chan of Port Kaituma, NWD, were both told of the offence and cautioned.

They were arrested and escorted to the Port Kaituma Police Station with the suspected cannabis, which, when weighed, amounted to 1114 grams. The suspected narcotic was marked and lodged pending analysis. The firearm and ammunition were also lodged with the station sergeant for safekeeping.

Police said the suspects are in custody, assisting with the ongoing investigation.